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Keywords: Great Andamanese women - 1876.jpg en An early staged photograph to show Great Andamanese women and the odd male with a wide variety of hairstyles and body painting patterns Clearly visible are only the wide variety of hair cuts Notable also on the extreme left and right two women with bands for carrying infants The people to the left of the centre pole are said to be showing body paint signifying mourning those on the right celebratory paint The girl second from the right in the middle row is said to be painted in red ochre as a sign for rejoicing Citation from http //www andaman org/BOOK/chapter13/text13 htm Clothes Clay and Beautycare of Great Andamanese people by George Weber Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford Maurice Vidal Portman 1861-1935 1876 PD-old Great Andamanese Negrito
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